Dumbo Weekly Links

(Photo by Daniel Greenfeld via dumbo.is)

DUMBO Firepit will operate in the Pearl Street Triangle (Water Street at Pearl Street) until December 23. Burning hours are 4-8pm on weekdays and 12-5pm on weekends.

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Brooklyn Is Roasting by an Open Fire, 11Dec2013, NYT
• BioLite Creates a Supersized, Thermoelectric FirePit to Power Brooklyn’s Christmas Tree Lights, 11Dec2013, core77
• Dumbo, “The TriBeCa of Brooklyn” is a 31yo bachelor who works on Wall St, 20Dec2013, HuffPo
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy elects new directors to board, 18Dec2013, BK Daily Eagle
• River Café Opens Again After Hurricane Sandy, 17Dec2013, BK Daily Eagle
• Critics throw stones at Empire Stores’ glass rooftop plan, 17Dec2013, Brownstoner
• West Elm’s 150,000SF lease at 55 Water Street Largest of 2013, 17Dec2013, Brownstoner
• Jehovah’s Witnesses Sell Properties, 16Dec2013, Business Insider
• Landmarks Doesn’t Like Glassy Addition on Empire Stores Either, 20Dec2013, Brownstoner
• Jim Brett’s 31 Washington St Loft, 13Dec2013, NYT
• 50 Bridge Street, #515, 980sf, $699k, 17Dec2013, Brownstoner
• Toll Brothers 205 Water St Development, 16Dec2013, Philly
• Edgewater Resources to Develop Pier 5 Marina, 19Dec2013, Brownstoner
• East River Ferry Service Extended to 2019, 16Dec2013, Brownstoner
• Leaf Medical Opens in Dumbo, 12Dec2013, Brownstoner

“Bird God Drone”

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Condos That Fund Brooklyn Park Park, 22Nov2013, NYT
• “Bird God Drone” sculpture in Dumbo Best Seen From Above, 22Nov2013, PIX11
• Two Floor Addition Approved for 200 Water Street, 21Nov2013, Curbed
• Pierhouse Reveals Pricing, Will Start at $1.5M, 21Nov2013, Curbed
• ‘Last Great Site In DUMBO’ makes developers drool, crunch numbers, 20Nov2013, BK Eagle
• Pierhouse Prices Will Start at $1.5M, 21Nov2013, Brownstoner
• Landmarks Preservation Commission approves 200 Water St. plans, 20Nov2013, BK Eagle
• Dumbo Based Kisi Locks and Unlocks Doors with Smartphones, 20Nov2013, Crain’s
• Brooklyn Law School to Open Tech, Start-up Focused Law Center, 14Nov2013, NYO
• 200 Water Street Addition Approved, 21Nov2013, Brownstoner
• 25 Jay Street asks $34.5M, 08Nov2013, Brownstoner
• Brooklyn gym turns exercise into energy, 13Nov2013, ABC
• PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights discontinues pre-k program, 21Nov2013, Dumbo Parents
• Artist Andrea Loefke’s “Homecoming” at Smack Mellon, 20Nov2013, Dumbo Parents
• Residents Turn Abandoned Parking Lot Into Community Garden, 22Nov2013, DNAinfo
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Celebrates Opening Of Piers 3 & 4 Uplands, 16Nov2013, Gothamist

(Photo courtesy a.pitch)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013, 22Sept2013, brooklynbookfestival.org
• Brooklyn Book Festival Guide, 14Sept2013, BK Paper
• ‘Bklyn Flavor’ In Dumbo, 19Sept2013, BK Eagle
• Ann Curry Joins PHOTOVILLE Exhibition, 19Sept2013, BWW Art
• How Etsy crafts an artsy, homegrown culture, 19Sept2013, Fortune
• Atruim Dumbo stays on Restaurant Power Rankings, 19Sept2013, Grub Street
• Jane’s Carousel Gets Anti-Flood Fence, 18Sept2013, News12
• Brooklyn’s Top New Developments, Ranked, 19Sept2013, Brownstoner
• Flooded in Sandy, Jane’s Carousel gets extra protection, 18Sept2013, BK Eagle
• Jane Carousel Gets Fancy Flood Gates, 18Sept2013, Gothamist
• Swissmiss Desk Swap, 18Sept2013, Fast Company
• Brooklyn Bridge Park’s stairway to heaven, 18Sept2013, BK Paper
• Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Book Shop Opens in Dumbo, 11Sept2013, Publisher’s Weekly
• 30 Henry Street Facade Revealed With 80% Of Units In Contract, 16Sept2013, BHB
• $2.25M Carriage House on Doughty Street, 17Sept2013, Brownstoner
• Dumbo Brooklyn pics, 07Sept2013, Cup of Couple

Photo by Chris Ficarra

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Local Favorites by a Brooklyn Mom, 05Jul2013, All Abroad Baby
• Filmmakers And Entrepreneurs At The “Made In NY” Media Center, 28Aug2013, Fast Company
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Board Votes To Buy Site On John Street, 31Jul2013, NY1
• Garage at 55 Pearl Street Coming Down Now, 29Aug2013, Brownstoner
• BK Bridge Park Releases New Renderings for Pier 6, 28Aug2013, Brownstoner
• Witnesses Signs Gone, 28Aug2013, Brownstoner
• 1 Main Street, #9H, $2,495M, 2139sf, 2bed, 27Aug2013, Brownstoner
• Brooklyn’w Waterfront Cultural Hotbed, 25Aug2013, PSFK
• How Do Typical Brooklyn Tenants Choose Their Locations, 22Aug2013, Commercial Observer
• DUMBO’s past and present Through Optical Viewer, 22Aug2013, gizmag
• NYU-Poly Innovation Centers Named Among World’s Top University Business Incubators>/a>, 21Aug2013, Digital Journal
• Shaking things up in DUMBO (Shake Shack), 19Aug2013, Real Estate Weekly
• Free yoga, tai chi, African dance & DJ in BK Bridge Park Sunday 9/8, 29Aug2013, Dumbo Parents
• Exploring Dumbo: Then and Now, 21Aug2013, Commercial Observer